Agenda, decisions and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor B Young. 

There were no declarations of interests made at this point of the proceedings.

The Leader announced that the Executive Director (Adult Social Services), Glen Garrod, had been appointed as Vice Chairman of the Regional Chairs meeting for the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and would be appointed as Chair of the group after one year.  It was acknowledged that this was a great achievement which would enable a lot of knowledge to be brought back to Lincolnshire.

RESOLVED

          That the minutes of the Executive held on 6 September 2016 be agreed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

(To receive a report from the Executive Director of Public Health, which presents a way forward for the development of a revitalised but sustainable Heritage Service)

That:-

1. the implementation of the new model of service delivery for Heritage Services set out in section 14 of the Detailed Business Case at Appendix A to this report as the means for the Heritage Service to contribute to Council savings targets by becoming financially self-sustainable be approved;

2. the ability of the service to become financially self-sustaining by the financial year 2019/20 is dependent on the service maintaining the income it generates in the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018 be noted; and

3. the carrying out of further work to assess and analyse options for alternative governance structures for the service with a view to a further report being brought to the Executive be approved.

Consideration was given to a report by the Executive Director of Public Health which presented a way forward for the development of a revitalised but sustainable Heritage Service which would be able to capitalise on the momentum of the Castle Revealed project whilst transforming what it delivered to the benefit of the customers and the economy with reduced dependence on County Council subsidy.

It was further explained by the Consultant in Public Health that although there were two distinct functions provided by the Heritage Service, these were very much interconnected.  It was therefore proposed that a three year overall approach be taken during which consideration would be required to agree an effective governance structure for the service.

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee confirmed that the proposal had been scrutinised at the meeting of the Community and Public Safety Scrutiny Committee held on 14 September 2016 and was supported by the Committee.  Comments made by the Community and Public Safety Committee could be found on pages 27 and 28 of the report.

The Executive was in agreement that a more sustainable service was needed but that the timescale for implementation appeared to be too long and urged that the pace for this be accelerated wherever possible.

RESOLVED

1. That the implementation of the new model of service delivery for Heritage Services set out in section 14 of the Detailed Business Case at Appendix A to this report as the means for the Heritage Service to contribute to Council savings targets by becoming financially self-sustainable be approved;

2. That the ability of the service to become financially self-sustaining by the financial year 2019/20 is dependent on the service maintaining the income it generates in the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018 be noted; and

3. That the carrying out of further work to assess and analyse options for alternative governance structures for the service with a view to a further report being brought to the Executive be approved.

(To receive a report from the Executive Director of Finance and Public Protection, which provides an update on spending compared with budgets for the financial year which started on 1 April 2016)

That the current position on the revenue and capital budgets be noted.

Consideration was given to a report from the Executive Director of Finance and Public Protection which provided an update on spending compared with budgets for the financial year which started on 1 April 2016.

The County Finance Officer introduced the report and referred members to the tables within the report which noted the actual income and expenditure for five months of this financial year, along with the projections for spendings and a comparison of the projections against the approved budgets.

The comments from the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee were tabled from the meeting of the Committee which considered the report at its meeting on 29 September 2016 and could be found as a supplementary item to the report.  The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee confirmed that the recommendations within the report had been supported.

The Executive Councillor for Highways, Transport and IT explained that the two larger capital highways projects in Lincoln and Grantham had been hit by some slippage.  Reassurance was given that these slippages were as a result of external factors and out of the control of the Council.

RESOLVED

That the current position on the revenue and capital budgets be noted.